TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Epidemiological characteristics of violence against women in the Federal District, Brazil, 2009-2012
JO  - Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde : revista do Sistema Unico de Saúde do Brasil
A1  - Silva, Lídia Ester Lopes da
A1  - Oliveira, Maria Liz Cunha de
SP  - 331
EP  - 342
VL  - 25
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVE:: to describe the epidemiological characteristics of cases of violence against women reported in the Federal District, Brazil, 2009-2012. <br><br>METHODS:: this was a descriptive study of cases of violence against women aged 18- 59 registered on the National Notifiable Diseases System (Sinan). <br><br>RESULTS:: 1,924 cases of violence against women were registered, the perpetrators of which were identified as unknown (25.7%) or spouses (19.0%) of the victims; violence mainly occurred against women of brown skin color (25.0%) and in the domestic environment (38.5%); regarding violence type, physical violence (46.8%) by force (48.0%) stood out, whereby the genitals (15.7%) and the head (12.9%) were the most affected regions. <br><br>CONCLUSION:: physical violence in domestic environments by unknown aggressors was the main type of violence among the reported cases; shortcomings were identified in recording reported cases, showing the need to improve system quality and train health workers involved.<p />  <p>Language: pt</p>
LA  - pt
SN  - 1679-4974
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742016000200012
ID  - ref1
ER  -